Showing posts with label Privilege. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Privilege. Show all posts

Disclose or not to disclose your dx.

Sometimes I have to wonder about how inclusive the term neurodiverse itself is. 

For example there is an assumption that "to disclose or not to disclose" is a problem for every ND person in higher ed or employment. 

For many of us with visible disabilities, (my autism is very very very apparent), we DON'T have the luxury of choice;  to disclose or not to disclose our disability. 

Not having that choice puts us at a huge disadvantage; as many doors of opportunities are shut in your face (you are deemed unworthy off the bat), you don't even get to cross the threshold of many such doors before you even coming to the issues like deciding to disclose or not disclose. 

So how inclusive is ND movement if makes such sweeping generalizations around who is considered ND.